dissipate

verb · adjectiveB2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

dissipates

V_ing/Gerund

dissipating

V_ed/pp

dissipated

1.
(transitive)To drive away, disperse.
August 1773, James Cook, journal entry I soon dissipated his fears.
2.
(transitive)To use up or waste; squander.
3.
(intransitive)To vanish by dispersion.
4.
(physics) To cause energy to be lost through its conversion to heat.
5.
(colloquial, dated, intransitive)To be dissolute in conduct.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more dissipate

Superlative

most dissipate

1.
(obsolete)dissipated

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Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

The verb is 1425, in Middle English, the adjective from 1606 to 1765; from Middle English dissipaten, from Latin dissipātus, perfect passive participle of dissipō (see -ate and -ate), also written dissupō (to scatter, disperse, demolish, destroy, squander, dissipate), from dis- (apart) + supō (to throw). dissipe, now obsolete.